Koṭumpāḷūr, Muccukuṇḍeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year lost

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone inscription recording the donation of 50 goats.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-11-13 23:30 (5e1d845), last modified 2025-10-29 10:59 (1e97140).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī tribhu⟨va⟩na-c-cak⟨kara⟩-vattikaḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu kā-
⟨2⟩ [****] [Iraṭṭapāṭi]-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟattūr-kūṟṟattu koṭumpāḷū⟨r⟩ kai-
⟨3⟩ [**************] ḷ-[u]ṭaiyāṉ-āṉa kōnāṭṭu pallavataraiyaṉ periya-kuḷattu kuḻumiyil paṭa
⟨4⟩ [********************] ka viṭṭa Āṭu 5 10 kuṉṟaṉ Āḷuṭaiyāṉ ta¡m!mam paṉmāheśvara-ra-
⟨5⟩ [kṣai]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇṭu kā⟨2⟩[4+][Iraṭṭapāṭi] ⬦ yāṇ ko⟨2⟩[5+] IPS • Maybe read yāṇṭu 1 ā[vatu] [Iraṭṭapāṭi]

⟨3⟩ ḷ[u]ṭaiyāṉāṉa ⬦ ḷaṭaiyāṉāṉa IPS.

⟨4⟩ [1+]ka viṭṭa ⬦ kkaviṭṭa IPS.

Translation by Srinivasa Aiyar 1946

Hail! Prosperity! In the ... ... ... ... year of Tribhuvanaccakravartikaḷ Śri Kulōttuṅga Cōla Dēvar: Whereas Kōnāṭṭu Pallavadaraiyan, also called Kai ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ḍaiyan, of Koḍumbāḷūṟ in the Uṟattūr Kūṟṟam of the K(aḍalaḍaiyādilaṅgaiko)ṇḍa cōḻavaḷanāḍu, perished in a strife(kuḻumi) in Periyakuḷam, I, Kunṟan Āḷuḍaiyān, made this endowment of 50 sheep to keep alight a lamp on his behalf. May this be protected by the Māhēśvaras.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ […] year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga, the emperor of the three worlds.

⟨3–4⟩ Whereas Pallavataraiyaṉ of Kōṉāṭu, alias the lord of […] ... of Koṭumpāḷūr, in the Uṟattūrkūṟṟam, in the [Iraṭṭapāṭi]koṇṭacōḻavaḷanāṭu, fell (paṭa) ... [there are] 50 goats that ... gave.

⟨4–5⟩ [This] pious donation (tammam¹) of the lord Kuṉṟaṉ [is under the] protection of the paṉmāheśvarars.

Bibliography

Edited in Vaidyanatha Aiyar and Swaminatha Aiyar 1929 and translated in Srinivasa Aiyar 1946 (IPS 233).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on autopsy and photos.

Primary

[IPS] Vaidyanatha Aiyar, V. S. and N. Swaminatha Aiyar. 1929. Inscriptions (texts) of the Pudukkottai state arranged according to dynasties. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 233, page 130.

Srinivasa Aiyar, K. R. 1946. Inscriptions in the Pudukkóttai state: translated into English. Part II: Early, Cola and Pandya inscriptions. Pudukkottai: Pudukkottai Darbar. Item 233, pages 201–202.

Notes

1. Sanskrit dharma.

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